A lesson book for learning basic colored pencil techniques by coloring line drawings of flowers and fruits step by step. It shows how to draw the depth of petals, the veins of leaves and the round shape of fruits.
All 14 coloring pictures come with coloring instructions. Spring: azalea, tulip and rapeseed blossoms. Summer: blueberries, cherries with mint, watermelon, a set of onion, okra and cherry tomatoes, and balloon flower. Fall: chestnuts with snake gourd, autumn cherry leaves and kadsura. Winter: camellia, daffodil and plum blossoms.
The front of the book explains the colored pencils and paper that Shinji Saito uses, along with basic coloring methods. A gallery shows a rose and a morning glory, and line drawings of these two are included in addition to the 14 pictures.
Translated from the Japanese original.